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Noriko Arai
Professor, Director of Research Center for Community Knowledge, National Institute of Informatics Director General of Institute of Science for Education
Speaker Bio
Originally from Tokyo. After earning a Bachelor of Liberal Arts and Sciences (Mathematics) and a Master of Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign , Noriko Arai graduated from the Faculty of Law at Hitotsubashi University before going on to obtain a Doctor of Science from the Tokyo Institute of Technology (now Tokyo Science University).
Her expertise lies in mathematical logic, but she is actively engaged in interdisciplinary fields that bridge the humanities and sciences, such as artificial intelligence and education.
Notable research achievements include the development of the NetCommons content management system for educational institutions, the founding of Researchmap, the largest database of researcher information in Japan , the conceptualization and development of the Reading Skill Test to ascertain learners’ basic language skills and cognitive traits, and Edumap , a project that supports the sharing of information among schools in Japan.
For ten years starting in 2011, she served as the director of the Todai Robot Project, a real-world AI research project which posed the question, “Can an AI Get into the University of Tokyo?” Since 2016, she has also led R&D related to the Reading Skill Test, which is used to ascertain reading comprehension ability.
Ms. Arai has received numerous awards, including the Commendation for Science and Technology from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in Japan (2010 and 2022), the Japan Essayist Club Award , the Ishibashi Tanzan Prize , the Yamamoto Shichihei Prize , the Okawa Publications Prize , the Avon Award for Women in Education, and the Business Book Award .
Her 2017 TED talk has been translated into 23 languages and viewed by over 1.6 million people. In 2018, at the invitation of President Macron, she advised on France’s AI policy alongside top AI researchers from around the world. The same year, she also delivered the keynote address at the 3rd Science and Technology in Society (STI) Forum at the United Nations, where they consider the relationship between the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and science and technology.
She is the author of books such as Math is Language (Tokyo Tosho), AI vs. Children Who Can't Read Textbooks, Raising Children Who Won’t Lose to AI, and New Reading Comprehension (Toyo Keizai). (Please note that these books are only available in Japanese.)
She is the founder and director of the Research Institute of Science for Education.
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Her expertise lies in mathematical logic, but she is actively engaged in interdisciplinary fields that bridge the humanities and sciences, such as artificial intelligence and education.
Notable research achievements include the development of the NetCommons content management system for educational institutions, the founding of Researchmap, the largest database of researcher information in Japan , the conceptualization and development of the Reading Skill Test to ascertain learners’ basic language skills and cognitive traits, and Edumap , a project that supports the sharing of information among schools in Japan.
For ten years starting in 2011, she served as the director of the Todai Robot Project, a real-world AI research project which posed the question, “Can an AI Get into the University of Tokyo?” Since 2016, she has also led R&D related to the Reading Skill Test, which is used to ascertain reading comprehension ability.
Ms. Arai has received numerous awards, including the Commendation for Science and Technology from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in Japan (2010 and 2022), the Japan Essayist Club Award , the Ishibashi Tanzan Prize , the Yamamoto Shichihei Prize , the Okawa Publications Prize , the Avon Award for Women in Education, and the Business Book Award .
Her 2017 TED talk has been translated into 23 languages and viewed by over 1.6 million people. In 2018, at the invitation of President Macron, she advised on France’s AI policy alongside top AI researchers from around the world. The same year, she also delivered the keynote address at the 3rd Science and Technology in Society (STI) Forum at the United Nations, where they consider the relationship between the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and science and technology.
She is the author of books such as Math is Language (Tokyo Tosho), AI vs. Children Who Can't Read Textbooks, Raising Children Who Won’t Lose to AI, and New Reading Comprehension (Toyo Keizai). (Please note that these books are only available in Japanese.)
She is the founder and director of the Research Institute of Science for Education.
Session
Thursday, 24 July, 2025 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM JST
Guest Keynote: To What Extent Should We Entrust Tasks to AI: Exploring the Optimal Solution Between AI and Humans
Noriko Arai,
Professor, Director of Research Center for Community Knowledge, National Institute of Informatics Director General of Institute of Science for Education
In this presentation, we will explore the theme of 'How to Utilize AI in Corporate Decision-Making' and examine how AI technology impacts corporate decision-making. AI is commonly used for data aggregation and document creation, but in decision-making, the perspective of those utilizing AI is crucial. Particularly in the security domain, AI is used as a tool to identify issues, but there is growing interest in its potential for decision-making purposes. This session aims to provide new insights to those involved in corporate security operations and to explore the possibilities of decision-making using AI.
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